Adaptive Equipment Problems of Volvo XC60

Driving at slow speed with no cars in front or behind me. Suddenly the car engaged the city safety and it came to an abrupt halt.

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12/24/13 approx 6:00 pm driving approx. 65 mph on route 9 south in CT with cruise control ¿on�. No other vehicles in front or nearby and suddenly the red dashboard light flashed and warning sounds and the car began to auto brake abruptly to 45 mph. I pulled off the road turned off the cruise control then resumed my trip uneventfully. 12/27/13 approx 2:00 pm driving approx. 60 mph on route 84 in CT with cruise control ¿on�. No other vehicles in front or nearby and suddenly the red dashboard light flashed and warning sounds and the car began to auto brake hard down to 45 mph. I pulled off the road turned off the cruise control then resumed my trip uneventfully. I called service manager ¿kurt schultz� at gengras Volvo 860 727 6200 and arranged to bring the car in for analysis on 2/17/14. The same behavior was experienced by kurt on 2/19/14 as he relayed the experience to me. 5/21/14 chris james is the new gengras Volvo service manager, replacing kurt james. He said they changed out my forward looking radar unit which includes the circuit board and he also updated the software (again). He stated that if the auto brake mis-functions again there is no other service he can perform and the car should be replaced. July 5, 2015 after 2,000 miles of driving without new incidents it appears that the forward looking radar unit had a defect and caused the problem! this unit needs to be recalled on all vehicles in which it is installed to avoid potentially fatal crashes caused by autobrake engaging and rapidly decelerating the car for no reason.

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The volume level of the lane change warning signal is extremely soft and largely undetectable with background road noises. This presents a safety issue as the driver is not alerted to inadvertent lane changes as he/she should be. I came pretty close to having an accident since I had expected the alert and it did not occur at a volume level that I could hear. (I had a 2010 Volvo Xc60 with this same feature but the volume level of the lane change warning was much louder). The Volvo dealer confirms that the volume level of the lane change warning is not user nor dealer adjustable; it will require a software upgrade by Volvo. I have informed Volvo customer service of this issue. They say they are aware, but could not provide any date for the software upgrade to fix this important issue. Some urgency needs to be provided in fixing this as it is a significant safety issue.

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After starting up from a stop, city safety activated with an emergency brake activation, we were almost rear ended by the car behind us. There was no reason for the activation of the brakes, vehicle in front was accelerating away from us, plenty of space between us, and space was increasing. This occurred on 3 more occasions before I could get to the dealer. My wife has not driven the car since, as she no longer feels safe, worried about self, and the baby due to hard stop or if rear ended.